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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Terrorism is just a tactic. It is not bound to any religion or race, and it has existed as long as civilization. It's also not easily definable.
Were Viking raids "terrorism"? Barbarian raids on Roman outposts? North American settlers who dispersed natives by the barrel of a gun?
Some media outlets define every single insurgent that attacks a military target in Iraq as a "terrorist". If that is the case, then Western Civilization was built on a terrorism foundation.
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Before the Geneva convention was passed, there was no definition of terrorism. Note that chivalry and honour served in it's place before that time. Illegal combatants are terrorists. Plain and simple. We cannot pass 20th Century morality on 10th century Vikings.
If we did, we'd call most of the Indian tribes in North America terrorists.
And that simply is not the case.